CHAPTER XV. 



RACECOUESES AND THEIli MANAGEMENT. 



Flemington and Randwick. Caulfield course. Some suburban 

 courses. Race club secretaries. Selling races. Catering 

 for the public. Pleasure before business. Distances 

 of races. Stayers and non-stayers. Managerial items. 



The most important racecourses in Australia are 

 Flemington, the headquarters of the V. R. C, and 

 Randwick, the headquarters of the A. J. C, in New 

 South Wales. Flemington is the most complete 

 racecourse I have seen. The course itself is not 

 better than Randwick, but the appointments are on 

 a more extensive scale. To see Flemington on a 

 Melbourne Cup day is a sight never to be forgotten. 

 Sneering allusions have been made in certain 

 quarters about the importance attached to Fleming- 

 ton and its Cup. It is noticeable that these criticisms 

 generally come from persons who have never seen 

 this sight. Even Max O'Rell had nothing but praise 

 to bestow upon Flemington, although his criticisms 

 of Australians are anything but fair, and his assertion 



